We BREXIT this month (hopefully) ?

Haha...actually, I was mistaken. The second box from JL contained a Pure Evoke CD-6. I rejected the Roberts R93i after reading the reviews.
Not listened to it yet but looking forward to being woken up by Diana Krall's smooth jazz.

GabriellaG54 you bought that jumpsuit in Primark and wasn’t supporting British manufacturing.

Hope you realise that Pure radios are assembled in the U.K. but the parts are imported

Roberts Radios owned by a company registered in the ROI.( Republic of Ireland)

Hello peeps ?

Well done you GGG54 buying your BRITISH raspberries! Must say they look plump and delicious.

Either eat them or maybe blow a few here at the Remainers who cannot resist either peeping at our wonderful, uplifting forum or are still hoping to engage in NEGATIVITY!!

Ignore them fellow Leavers ??

Remember, this thread - which is unique - enjoys sharing all the GOOD NEWS about Brexit or Britain. It’s not before time!

p.s. anyone else agree bananas are pretty tasteless these days?

p.s. anyone else agree bananas are pretty tasteless these days?
some are, yes. I do try to buy Fairtrade but, compared to bananas I have eaten in other countries, they are rather tasteless. Perhaps because they are picked green and ripen on the way here?

Where were British raspberries grown? I did see ripe British strawberries on the news the other day!

Apparently in 1868 strawberries were ripening in February. It must have been very mild that winter.

Urmstongran

I try and buy British for as many items as I can, both food and non food.It’s not as easy as it used to be but still possible.Not for bananas of course, haha.

Deffo buy local, that doesn’t mean from the USA or China.

I have never thought of the USA or China as local.
In China pesticides and other sprays are permitted which we would not want to be used here on our food.

I check labels all the time Jalima and avoid any foodstuffs from China, perish the thought!
Chocolate for little ones, novelty items are often from there, even from Sainsbury the other year.Also bath and shower products, especially children’s ones.

Grown in massive heated greenhouses I would guess! Now someone will probably moan about that but they looked very good!

Very tempting to respond to the sheer arrogance of the remoaners but will keep my lips zipped. .... except to ask who told the biggest lie of all. ... that we were joining a Common MARKET with no mention of an E.U. Army or a Federal State of Europe!

Exactly lemongrove I think it’s especially important now that we support our hardworking local farmers, independent butchers who sell locally sourced meat, flower growers, cheese makers etc. Buy British where we can. Welsh lamb, Scottish beef, pork from N.I. Huge red strawberries from Spain look nice but smaller, more orange coloured ones from Scotland taste SO much better!
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I think your right Jalima I but FT bananas but honestly of late they are pretty tasteless. I think they must be exported here to ripen later. Not great.

We farm and make wonderful foods. Award winning cheese. Cheshire potatoes. Cornish pasties. English apples and pears. It’s time to buy local and have pride in what we grow and rear!

Thanks for your research chrystaltipps.
It's good to know that there are people like you to keep people like me on the right path regarding purchases.
I might add that I was in Primark when I bought the jumpsuit so I am fully aware of where I made the purchase. The sign over the doorway gave me a clue.
Incidentally, I didn't write that I supported British manufacturing insofar as clothing is concerned.
I spoke about the radios being British made however, you corrected me on two of them after doing the research and I thank you for your time.
Indeed, the ROI is not part of Britain and I must do some research of my own to see what goods come over the
border into the UK from that outpost so that I can boycott any foreign goods. One can never be too careful.
Again, thanks for bothering to Google my purchases and give me the results. I may call on you again next time I shop.
Cheers.

Well said Sussex and take a recommend for remembering to keep it zipped❗️?

Some posters on here would LOVE to draw us into tennis table matches of back and forth debates. Not happening on this forum!!

All those who enter here are most welcome if they have GOOD NEWS of any kind to share about Brexit or Britain.
Hurrah!

It’s been a long time coming and we have all sat quietly, fingers on lips, letting the moaners and gloom buckets take centre stage! Well not on this forum fellow believers.
♥️

Regarding fruit. I was very impressed with Strawberries bought in M&S last year. They are Malling Centenary strawberries, bred by a professor in the UK and grown on a fruit farm in Kent. They're available for a few weeks in summer and again in Autumn. He told me himself.
Of course, the fruit farm employs lots of seasonal workers but most have been coming to the same farm for decades. They then go to Spain to pick cherries and various other European countries to pick different fruits. Some of the workers have sidelines in selling cosmetics online and orders are passed to Romania, Poland or wherever to be fulfilled and they get a split of the profit.
Their weekly earnings are £400-500.
I know, because I know the manager of that particular farm and have seen it when staying with friends in Boughton Aluph, Boughton Lees and Tenterden.
Thst particular kind of strawberry is the tastiest and sweetest I have ever had.

thst that.

They sound great GG54 so I’ve made a note and will look out for them in M&S in a few weeks. I like the idea that he pays his workers a good wage too.
Well done that professor!
He can have a recommend too.
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Does hoping against all hope that you are all correct count as positive?

I don't understand why you didn't just start a thread on chat if you're just going to talk about shopping.

Are you trying to bore us off the thread?

Yes, Ginny it does actually, as there’s nowt we can do about a lot of things in life chuck. So we might as well band together and trust that things long term will be fine. It’s time to stop scaring ourselves that the shadows on the walls are ghosts out to harm us.

So come on board this bandwagon where you’ll be very welcome and if you have only a slither of good news we’d be happy to hear it! Once you start looking for it you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Anything, MaizieD provided it works! ??
This forum will bore you to death. (hopefully)
It’s upbeat.
Friendly.
Non researched.
Pro British
Anti E.U.
Kind (you could learn something)
Non confrontational
Humorous
Pro Brexit
Joyous
and
Full of GOOD NEWS posted by our roving reporters in the U.K. who are fed up of some of the weasels in Parliament dismissive of how we voted in the referendum.

I didn’t google your purchases, saw the jumpsuit in Primark window, I think it cost £13,or maybe £15 made somewhere in the far east, probably made of viscose, but that’s just an educated guess. This thread is about shopping as there is a dearth of so called good news and a lot of heads in sand as far as the B word is concerned.

The above is a reply to the poster who asked to “guess how much her jumpsuit cost”- not sure what the .........that has to do with good news about Brexit either.

This thread could have been so good if all the posters had followed the OP’s invitation.
It still reassures we brexiters that we are not alone on gransnet, if a bit beleaguered.
My good news is that, although the politicians have messed it all up, all the people I speak to are still hellbent on leaving.